Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Haven’t you been rejected enough?
Their eyes met, sparks of anger flew, but both of them tacitly pretended not to know each other.
"Cheng Yang, let the new colleague join your team. You take good care of her." The secretary handed the new colleague over to Cheng Yang and whispered in her ear before leaving: "This is the sister of James' friend. Don't worry about what she does. Just come to the office and punch in every day."
Cheng Yang's pressure doubled. James could just take care of a relative with such a high degree of freedom. Why put him in their publicity team? It would only cause more trouble.
Zhao Wendi was arranged in a corner, diagonally across from Song Zhihan. The two were far apart, and undercurrents were surging between them.
Song Zhihan racked his brains but couldn't figure out why she was here. Wasn't she busy fighting for the family property with her half-brother? Could it be that she was exiled because she failed to seize power?
Song Zhihan couldn't figure this out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and focused on the battle between the two companies.
She carefully analyzed the progress of both sides. There were less than two months left before Luo Qing was temporarily offline. By then, some CP fans would definitely leave with Luo Qing. At that time, the moon was like a hook, and the plot had just developed to its climax. Naturally, the audience would be attracted to it.
The master must have calculated this, pushing the release ahead of time. What a brilliant calculation!
Song Zhihan frowned, feeling worried about this matter. After the audience gets tired of the plot, many of them will not come back. How to retain the audience and maintain their enthusiasm during the blank period when Luo Qing is offline is a difficult problem.
"Let's go to the tea room. President Lin said in the group that he bought food for everyone." Just when he was worrying about the future of the company, Cheng Yang brought Zhao Wendi over. She was well-informed, or good at slacking off, and the message that Lin Jie had just sent was immediately relayed by her.
Song Zhihan wanted to tell her everything that was on his mind, but when he saw Zhao Wendi's arrogance that could not be concealed, he held back everything he wanted to say.
With his head drooping and his eyes rolled secretly, Song Zhihan made an excuse: "You guys go first, I still have something to finish writing."
When she refused to go, Cheng Yang took Becca away and told her to come quickly.
The three of them walked close together. Song Zhihan sighed softly, feeling so angry that his heart ached.
She lowered her head to continue typing the manuscript when someone tapped on her desk with their fingers. Song Zhihan turned her head with a worried look on her face.
Seeing Lin Jie put one hand in his pocket and looked down at her, "Why don't you go eat?"
Song Zhihan squeezed the decompression kitten on the table and gritted his teeth: "I won't eat it!"
The way he bared his teeth looked like a squashed kitten. Lin Jie pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Did the food offend you? Or did I offend you?"
"No one messes with me..." Song Zhihan threw herself into the chair, spinning it left and right for fun, and the hem of her skirt formed a beautiful arc in the air.
That's just a simple bad mood.
Lin Jie coaxed her, "Eat something. We ordered Snow Mountain Rose. They said the bread is good too."
Song Zhihan stretched his neck to look towards the tea room. Seeing that there were not many people inside, he had an idea and entered the tea room at the same time as Lin Jie.
When I got to the door, it was quiet after everyone had divided up the food. It seemed like no one was there?
Song Zhihan's mood brightened, and her steps became lighter. But when she saw Zhao Wendi sitting in the corner, legs crossed and drinking water, she suddenly changed direction. But then she thought, why should she hide? This is her territory!
I can’t bear it anymore, I’ll confront her head on!
Song Zhihan snorted heavily, picked up a croissant at random, and searched for a drink in the bag.
I searched everywhere, but to no avail.
"Would you like to drink Snow Mountain Rose? The last glass is here with me." Zhao Wendi gently shook the cup in his hand and smiled annoyingly.
Song Zhihan's anger, which had just been extinguished, suddenly flared up again. She casually picked up the nearest cup and retorted, "You're so self-righteous. What I want to drink is green tea."
She stuffed the bread into her mouth with water and ate it quickly. But the bread was not bad, with only the pure wheat aroma, delicious!
Zhao Wendi tapped her toes leisurely: "Song Zhihan, how come you haven't changed at all? The way you eat is still ugly."
"What do you care? No one has told you that you are still so annoying?" Song Zhihan glared at her fiercely.
"You...Lin Jie?" Zhao Wendi had a lot to say in response, but she swallowed it back the moment she saw Lin Jie. She stood up from her seat in surprise, stunned: "Why are you here?"
Compared to her excitement, Lin Jie was much calmer, even a little indifferent: "It's me, who are you?"
"You don't remember me?" Her voice was a little sharp because of her disbelief. "I was the captain of the cheerleading team at Ryan High School and the host of various school activities. I was the one who sent you flowers every time you were honored in your senior year."
So many titles, so close distance.
But Lin Jie just blinked, his expression unchanged: "Oh, I really don't remember."
Looking at Zhao Wendi's deflated expression, Song Zhihan couldn't hold back his laughter. He got stuck in the bread and coughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.
Lin Jie took the cup of warm water and handed it to her. His serious tone couldn't hide his concern: "Can you eat honestly? You can't do anything if you are half-hearted."
Song Zhihan coughed and nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help laughing. After a series of actions, tears came out.
Zhao Wendi observed the subtle reactions between the two, a strange expression forming on his face. "Song Zhihan, haven't you been rejected enough by him? It's been ten years, and you're still pursuing Lin Jie?"
The tone was unfriendly, and Song Zhihanshun was angry and his smile disappeared. Lin Jie also pursed the corners of his lips.
"You go out first." She pushed Lin Jie away and motioned him to leave.
Lin Jie didn't say anything, just stared at her closely with his eyes, and didn't leave her side until Song Zhihan nodded in affirmation. He only left a few words when he passed by Zhao Wendi.
"Ms. Zhao, don't forget why you came here."
Zhao Wendi's face turned ugly in an instant, with frustration and humiliation appearing at the same time.
For a moment, only two people were left in the room, facing each other in silence.
Song Zhihan doesn't dwell on too many things when interacting with most people, so many people who barely know her think she's a good-tempered rich girl. There are only two exceptions: first, with those close to her, she's clingy and troublesome, demanding countless things be met; second, with those she dislikes, she's sharp and mean.
After dealing with Zhao Wendi several times in high school, Song Zhihan knew that she must be the second type. The conflict between her and Zhao Wendi was obvious, and all her friends knew about it. Even Qu Yixing, the sociable guy who would even make the dogs on the street laugh, was clear about this matter.
They have been at odds since their first year of high school, fighting openly and covertly several times, but it's been a close call.
Song Zhihan was completely frustrated and even wanted to avoid her after being rejected by Lin Jie.
The darkest moment of her life when she was rejected for the first time was recorded by Zhao Wendi. Lin Jie's words of rejection were made into a voice package by her good sister and played in Song Zhihan's ears countless times.
The first time she was furious, the second time she felt like crying, and the third time she was completely immune. The mixture of denial and humiliation left Song Zhihan exhausted. She stopped fighting and faced the storm with silence.
After graduation, everyone went their separate ways, and this farce finally came to a hasty end.
What a stupid addition, I didn't expect it to happen today.
Zhao Wendi is still annoying, but Song Zhihan is no longer the same person she used to be. She will no longer remain silent and she will show her harshness.
"You envy me, actually."
There was an unusual calmness on her face, and her tone of voice was flat, as if she had casually thrown a soybean-sized stone onto the sea.
But Zhao Wendi's heart wasn't as vast as the ocean; even a tiny soybean could stir up a raging storm on a bowl-sized body of water. She denied it, "What do I envy you for? Your low IQ, or your rejection of my confession?"
Song Zhihan shook his head, his expression serious. "My IQ isn't low, I'm just not good at studying. I can play the piano, ride a horse, and write scripts. I'm not stupid at all. You always tease me about Lin Jie rejecting me, but you don't even have the courage to confess. You said it yourself, it's been ten years, ten years, Zhao Wendi, and you haven't even dared to admit that you like Lin Jie."
A very complicated expression appeared on Zhao Wendi's face, which was hard to describe, but wonderful. She denied it with her mouth, but admitted it with her eyes. She admitted that she was a clown who envied, no, was jealous of Song Zhihan.
"Your family is in business, yet you appear here, Zhao Wendi. Were you driven out by your brother? Did you lose again in the fight with him? In other words, have you ever won?" She pressed on with one question after another, moving forward with full momentum until she stood in front of Zhao Wendi, looking at her calmly.
Song Zhihan is nearly ten centimeters shorter than her, but now when the two of them stand together, they are equally impressive.
"I think you envy me not only for my courage, but also for my family. You envy me for having parents who love me. Unlike you, it must be hard to make a living under your wife's watchful eye. Time flies. Does your mother still have a say in the Zhao family? If you don't work hard, you will be replaced by your brothers and sisters."
All arguments about courage ended at this moment. Zhao Wendi felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, at a loss. She dug her nails into her palms and suppressed a scream: "Who told you that?"
She thought that her embarrassing life experience had always been a well-hidden secret, but she forgot that there is no impenetrable wall in this world and secrets are relative.
Song Zhihan sighed softly, and pried her hands apart distressedly, smoothing out the scratches with his fingertips: "It's not important, I knew it a long time ago. Zhao Wendi, don't mess with me anymore, seriously."
After finally finishing her words, she took the green tea she had not finished and walked towards the tea room door.
The moment she pushed the door open, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her pretended calmness instantly collapsed.
She breathed a sigh of relief and patted her pounding heart. She was so nervous and almost got exposed.
But the next second, she saw Lin Jie standing by the wall with his arms folded, his eyes as dark as a ghost.
"Come to my house after get off work at noon today. I have something to tell you."
What did he want to say? Did he hear everything just now?
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The author has something to say: Lin Jie (the honest version who has been taught a lesson): Oh, I really don’t know that [glasses]
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